Hesperia attalus

Hesperia attalus, the dotted skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers).[2][3][4] It was described by William Henry Edwards in 1871 and is found in North America.[3]

Hesperia attalus

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Hesperia
Species:
H. attalus
Binomial name
Hesperia attalus

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[5]

  • Hesperia attalus attalus (W. H. Edwards, 1871)
  • Hesperia attalus nigrescens Gatrelle, 1999 – dark dotted skipper
  • Hesperia attalus slossonae (Skinner, 1871) – Slosson's dotted skipper

References
  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Hesperia attalus Dotted Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. "Hesperia attalus Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. "Hesperia attalus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. "Hesperia attalus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  5. "Hesperia". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

Further reading
  • Hodges, Ronald W., et al., eds. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico, xxiv + 284.
  • Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies, Second Edition, xiv + 540.
  • Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40, xiv + 658.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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